Massage instrument.



MASSAGE INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION HLED MAR.3I;1916.

Patented May 30, 1916.

JOHN WINN BOND, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

MASSAGE INSTRUMENT Specification of Letters Patent.

Pat ented May 30, 1916.

Application filed March 31, 19M. Sena; r30. 88108i 0 all whom it maynomium 7 Be it known that Ii Joim \VINN Bonn, a citizen of the [Hutu imates. residing at Providence, in the ruunty of Providenee and State ofRhode Island, have invented 21 new and useful Improvement in MessageInstruments. of which the following: is. a specification. I

My invention has ielurenee in (IGYN'PS used in the operution ofmessaging the human body, and my prinripul object isto provide a devicethat will. apply rapid in: terunttent and alternating: pressure andsu-rtiou to any part of the body. thereby pruduring the same or betterresult? than that obtained by the direct application of flu: fingers andfinger tips of proiessioruil massei a rs.

Further objects of my invention are to construct a massage instrument sothat the same may be used by both hands or by only one hand as desired,to rotatably support a plurality of rolls, each roll having alternatingmenus for sin'iuh ting the (nation of the ends of the fingers H1exerting a pressure and for imn'iediutely relieving the pressure bysu-tion applied to the parts, and by the .uee of a plurality ofindependently supported rolls the operatiuns oi pressure and \urtiou arecontinually varying, rel tive to the surfaee of the body.

My invention consists in the peculiar and novel in istruetion ofnuusuging instrumerit said massaging instrument having the tails ofemstruction as will be more fu ly set forth hereinafter and eiaimezi ligure, i is u fuse wow i my improved iongitumassaging iiistruiuenn 1 1;:2 Ti 5} diuul seetionul when an line. 1 2. Fig. l. sho ng t, instrumentin for the use of both hands i HUM Q lmnu brought together ii: for usewith one hand F2 verse sectional v v timer; the rolls. Fig. 4 is en eitionnl VlBW =21, 2i modified ing the re en sex-"tum dupe in the and Fig.i-s our. eniniged detail sertionnl view of a modified means for securingthe resilient i'in -"r ends t the rolls.

In the dru i shaped open and ends secured to eneh r A stationaryshaft 1. end in the ends 8. 8. the from: and. on

a uni; tor Seen 27 is,

having: the a iiizliiflik this shaft 11 is rotntubly supported, aplurality of hollow resilientrubher roils 12. 12. Eneh roll has :1 metall -nshing 13 formiug =1 reruluble bearing on the stationary shaft 11 :1rireulur cavity 14, a series of senri spherieal peripheral resilientrubber linger tips 15. and a series of interme- (hate peripheralresilient rubber suction rups 11'}. 1G. shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

The finger tips 15. 15. and the suction cups 16. It are preferablyformed of soft rubber integral with the com} aratively soft rubber rolls12, they may be formed separate and eemeuted to the roll or they may be.ennst urted with a metal shank l7 having: :1 head 1'22 embedded in thefinger tips or eurtion cup and nicone shaped end 19 and secured to theroll by forcing the metal stem through a peripheral hole 20 in the roll.as shown in Figs. 4 and The peripheral wall and side Walls of the rollsare made sufiioiently thick for strength and so that apredeterminedamount of resiliency obtained in the rolls, which will immediatelyassume their original form when the pressure is removed .Yhen in w thebanding of my improved massage instrument. are grasped by the bands andthe rolis under pressure, rolled back and forth over the abdomen orother parts of the body, or the handles may he brolwht together as shownin dotted lines in Fig. '2 and the instrument used with one hand. Theresilient rolls conf rm to the curvature o the body and under pressurethe finger tips indent the flesh and the sun-- ti n cups r eve or pullout the indentured flesh or skin and this intermittent action of thefinger tips and sur; cups mntrrinll tester mid. far:- superior thancouid he by hun'ian i i :1 piuiulity ei Quiet 'iuinzuted rolis. u tionsare continually varying relative to the surface 0 body that is beingmasse zed.

it is evident that the ooi'istruetion of my improved instrument could beiuriezl wu'hin me scope ot the appended claims.

extending peripheral suction cups on tize 2. A massage instrument frame,handles pivotally frame, a resilient roll rotatably supported in theframe, and a continuous series of outwardly extending peripheral suctioncups on the roll.

3. A massage instrument comprising a frame, oppositely disposed handlespivotally secured to the frame, a resilient roll rotatably supported inthe frame, a series of peripheral resilient finger tips on the roll anda series ofintermediate peripheral suetion cups on the roll.

4. A massage instrument comprising a. frame, oppositely disposed handlespivotally secured to the frame, a resilient roll rotatably supported inthe frame, a series of peripheral resilient finger tips on the roll anda series of intermediate peripheral suction cups on the roll, saidsuction cups extending outwardly beyond the finger tips.

5. A massage instrument comprising a frame, oppositely disposed handlespivotally secured to the frame, a resilient roll rotatably supported inthe frame, a series of semi-spherical resilient finger tips on theperiphery of the roll mediate suction cups on the periphery of the roll,said suction cups extending outwardly beyond the finger tips.

6. A massage instrument comprising a frame, oppositely disposed handlespivotaily connected to the frame, a, plurality of resilient rollsrotatably' supported in the m of this patent comprising a secured to theinger tips on its and a series of inter may be obtained for five centseach, by addressing the Commissioner of frame. each roii having a we, of

spherieal resilient in or tips ate reperiphoi aid om ti; outw ar il ydisposed handle-s pivotaiiy connected to the frame. a pluraiity oilioliew resilient rolls rotatuliiy supported in the fro liming a ofsemipt t ipliery and a series nt suction a 1 intermediate I periphery, 7cups amending dially out-Wu; liq-0nd the finger t1 8. A m. irstruinentcomprising a rectangular shaped open frame. oppositely disposal handlespirotaliy connected to the frame, a shaft supported at each end in theframe, a plurality of holl w resilient rubber rollsrofatably supportedon the shaft. each .roli having a moist bushing forming a bearing forthe roll on t: it, :1 series of semi-sphericai resiiient er finger tips,on its periph ry and a saw. a of imermerllate resilient rubber suo'oncups on its periphery, said suction uups extending radially outwardbeyond the fi said. handles being pivotalii' so u to the frame in aposition for use i both hands, or so the same may be lit-ought iflg''iiiiti" {or use with one hand, as described In testimony whereof, lhave sisfi my name to this specification,

' JOHN WiNX BOND.

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Washington, 1!. O.

